At a breakfast ceremony on August 24th, KSC President Helen Giles-Gee announced that the Keene State Science Center has been named in honor of the late David F. Putnam, marking the support the Putnam family and the Markem Corporation have given the College over the years. Adding to this great news, the Putnam family and the College announced the gift of an endowed chair in chemistry, which brings much deserved prestige to the chemistry department and will be a big plus as it seeks national accreditation from the American Chemical Society.
I am also one of the people who benefited from the Putman family as well. I lived with them part of the time I was a student at Keene State and they were the reason I was able to graduate from Keene State College in 1952. I taught in several states for 30+ years , helped a number of students in high schools, worked for the Vermont Extension Service as Urban Specialist, and Won a National Fellowship for my work with Vermont youth clubs in the High schools. I recieved a Masters Degree from Temple University as a Graduate Fellow in 1980
Together with my husband Bob, served churches in The United Church of Christ for 47 years as a pastor and his wife in Vermont, Maine, Massachusets, Texas and Pennsylvania.
I loved the Putnam family and they were espicially good to me.
I am so glad that now they are honoring the man who did so much more for the City of Keene as well as Keene State College and much more.